Democracy Spraffa

Item 9 - Appendix 2

West Dunbartonshire Council · 17 August 2022
Back to Corporate Services Committee — 17 August 2022 and its agenda

Text extracted from the council's PDF. Layout and reading order may differ from the original.

Original council PDF · Download plain text

Page 1

Key Activities
Conduct user research
into recruitment;
Refresh ACHIEVE Values
and publish recruitment
question bank to ensure
recruiting for behaviour
and values;
Review job quality and
design to reflect fair
work convention;
Digitise creation of Job
Profiles; 
Analyse and improve
maturity of recruitment
data and data analytics;
Develop employer
branding and employee
value proposition to
increase engagement in
talent pool, promote
career opportunities,
develop internal job
market and attract
applications from under-
represented equalities
groups.
Year 1
Spotlight on
Recruitment
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
WDC People First - 5 year plan
This contributes directly to the achievement of West Dunbartonshire Council's Strategic Plan
July 2022
Year 3
Spotlight on
Development
Year 5
Spotlight on
Recognition
Year 2
Spotlight on
Onboarding
Year 4
Spotlight on
Retention
Employee
Lifecycle
Recruitment
Recognition
Retention Development
Onboarding
Transition Key Activities
Reinforce
programmes/learning by
linking to values
Ensure learning adds
value and is promoted
for all ensuring fit for
future skillsets for all
employees
Ensure learning
pathways support
succession planning and
talent development
Establish Innovation Hub
Evolving culture of
engagement through
personal & professional
growth by encouraging
ownership and
empowerment and the
opportunity for
innovation through Chief
Officer Groups and
Innovation Hub
Data capture - personal
and professional
development
information
Policy and Process
influenced by data and
driven by employees and
services
Key Activities
Develop supports for Career
Development, including
refresh of Coaching &
Mentoring opportunities
Continue to build and
support Digital Skills
development
Extend opportunities for
development in Data
Skills/analytics and Service
Design
Enable and support Peer
communities to aid
collaboration,
communication
Explore the role of wellbeing
in high performing teams
and share this learning for
organisational improvement
Explore the links between
quality relationships and 
conversations at work with
wellbeing and performance
Improve channels for the
Employee Voice to be heard
and harnessed including
extending use of Trickle
Continue to develop flexible
approaches to meet
individual needs
Enable others to explicitly
link work initiatives with
strategic direction
Challenge working practice
and influence culture
change 
Research introduction of
Stay interviews and analyse
data along with exit
interview data
Key Activities
Learning Feedback and
recognition of
achievement
Digital Badges
Off boarding - analyse
employee data, surveys,
exit interviews to inform
practice, reporting
destinations e.g.
promotion, relocation, to
gauge leaver analysis
Supported to Positive
Destinations and
Recommended as place
to work
Bench marking and
comparing with other
employers
Key Activities
Conduct user research
into onboarding;
Review of Induction
including redevelop APP
via M365 tools, and
inclusion of data skills
and wellbeing;
Review of Skills
Passports, and include
Service Design and
Wellbeing Charter;
Embedding human
centred management,
and good people
management practices,
linked to behaviours and
values;
WFP Training and
awareness;
Console development.
Appendix 2